Merge pull request #45 from jdemeyer/setecho_msg

Clarify setecho error message
pexpect · Feb 7, 2018 · 4316bca · 4316bca
2 parents a8bf138 + 8aa7dea
commit 4316bca
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diff --git a/ptyprocess/ptyprocess.py b/ptyprocess/ptyprocess.py
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ class PtyProcessError(Exception):
 # to do this from the child before we exec()
 
 def _setecho(fd, state):
-    errmsg = 'setecho() may not be called on this platform'
+    errmsg = 'setecho() may not be called on this platform (it may still be possible to enable/disable echo when spawning the child process)'
 
     try:
         attr = termios.tcgetattr(fd)